Global Health

Global health is not limited to clinical health professionals. Practitioners from various fields, including business, education, and engineering, are vital to global health work. This interdisciplinary graduate-level certificate program promotes joint training opportunities in global health between various departments and schools at Vanderbilt. Students earning this certificate learn basic knowledge and skills that will help them make positive contributions in global health. Any Vanderbilt professional or graduate student who fulfills all requirements will be granted the certificate when they receive their graduate degrees.

Objectives of the Certificate

To equip students with analytic and problem-solving skills that can be applied to current and emerging global health challenges.

To prepare students for internationally-focused careers in academia, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, immigrant health agencies, philanthropic foundations, and industry.

To help students assess public health challenges within international cultural and socioeconomic contexts.

To instruct students in the fundamental principles of research, planning, and management methodology in resource-constrained settings.

To facilitate student synthesis and analysis of global health data from existing and de novo sources.

To ensure student acquisition of core competencies in global health care and prevention, including the mastery of a basic vocabulary in these disciplines.